# Poetry
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2023
Voices
Tony Duffin: Shane MacGowan was more than a Fairytale…
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tributes
President leads tributes to 'two great poets' Mhac an tSaoi and Kennelly
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Oct 18th 2021, 8:57 AM
Voices
Opinion: Yeats' poetry helped shape Ireland and appears on the Leaving Cert - now the Yeats Society is under threat
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Jun 17th 2021, 7:00 AM
English
Quiz: Can you name these Leaving Cert poets from their poems?
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Apr 30th 2020, 9:30 PM
chapter and verse
'For what they love, they both put down a gun' - The GAA's place in Irish poetry
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Apr 30th 2020, 7:45 AM
Poetry
'Finding a voice, where they found a vision': Eavan Boland's powerful voice for women is remembered
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Apr 28th 2020, 11:33 AM
RIP
'The foremost female poet of her generation': Eavan Boland has died aged 75
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Apr 27th 2020, 10:32 PM
Covid-19
'My sister is not a statistic': High emotion on Liveline as woman recites poem for her deceased sister
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Apr 14th 2020, 4:30 PM
Wintering Out
The story behind the Seamus Heaney quote guiding people through the Covid-19 crisis
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Apr 5th 2020, 7:00 PM
The Luckiest Guy Alive
John Cooper Clarke: 'I heard on the news that Bono's leather pants were robbed, so I put it to rhyme'
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Mar 3rd 2019, 8:00 PM
seeing things
Seamus Heaney letters, diaries and manuscripts on display to the public from tomorrow
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Jul 5th 2018, 8:16 AM
randomer
'This country has been so unloved. People go on about 800 years of oppression, it's 800 years of rejection'
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Mar 18th 2018, 10:30 AM
Voices
Varadkar admitting he wasn't fully aware of Kerry Babies shows importance of retelling our stories
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Jan 20th 2018, 10:45 AM
i will arise and go now
Old Georgian House to be transformed into new home for Irish poetry... and it has some major backers
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Jan 14th 2018, 6:30 PM
Writing
'My teacher told me not to get my hopes of an A in the Junior Cert up - now I'm on the syllabus'
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Aug 19th 2017, 8:00 AM
Save the Date
A Maze in Cork, a Firestorm in Clare and a VR party in Offaly: Culture Night is back
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Aug 9th 2017, 3:20 PM
Voices
'I think people understanding that they aren't alone in their torment has a healing element to it'
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May 14th 2017, 7:45 PM
hennessy awards
'Crouched Burial': An award-winning poem before bedtime
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Mar 29th 2017, 7:30 PM
lingo festival
"Art's job is to question the status quo, not to ever accept it" - Spoken word and social change
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Oct 20th 2016, 6:03 AM
Voices
'One way of healing yourself is to own your story': Growing up in an abusive home
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Aug 1st 2016, 11:00 AM
dead and gone
Yeats didn't come up in the English exam yesterday and the Leaving Certs are RAGING
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Jun 10th 2016, 10:41 AM
world poetry day
12 school poetry memories that are too real for Irish people
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Mar 21st 2016, 9:30 PM
Take a Break
Get ready for an avalanche of Chinese poetry on the Dart this fortnight
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Feb 2nd 2016, 11:00 AM
lingo festival
"There are a lot of dead poets on tea towels in tourist shops - this is about live poetry"
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Oct 15th 2015, 9:00 PM
Earth Shatter-ing
7 reasons why Alan Shatter is like no other politician
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Aug 19th 2015, 9:15 AM
look again
Everyone is sharing this poem with an uplifting hidden meaning
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Jul 22nd 2015, 9:53 PM
quite the character
Alan Shatter's been having a pop at the Twitterati. Via the medium of poetry.
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Jul 9th 2015, 5:30 PM
come on eilean
Every Leaving Cert has the same prayer about tomorrow's English Paper II
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Jun 3rd 2015, 10:23 AM
Poetry
This Enda Kenny Instagram comment is the greatest Instagram comment of all time
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May 17th 2015, 1:14 PM